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but she was talking to a couple when a suspect reportedly, at least according to npr, ran up to her as she was talking to them, and started to fire as described by npr, indescriminately from about four pete feet away. however, the reports were that the congress woman was shot in the head and then the suspect ran off. our bystander we talked to, andrea, gooden, who works across this parking lot told us that she started to count the shots and then when she started to count, there's the sign right there, advertising that gabrielle giffords would be there, but this bystander says she started counting and then heard eight more shots and that she saw the suspect be tackled by bystander and security at that point was on scene as well and now, we have been able to confirm, peter doocy, bringing us this afternoon, lone gunman who was shot by authorities, who is in custody right now. there isn't an active manhunt at this moment for anyone else involved and, and you're looking now at the scene. you can see the rush of trying to get aid both to the kong woman and others. >> kelly: so many people w
but she was talking to a couple when a suspect reportedly, at least according to npr, ran up to her as she was talking to them, and started to fire as described by npr, indescriminately from about four pete feet away. however, the reports were that the congress woman was shot in the head and then the suspect ran off. our bystander we talked to, andrea, gooden, who works across this parking lot told us that she started to count the shots and then when she started to count, there's the sign right...
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we gathered all these truths about npr and the head of npr resigned after it. >> john: let's talk about the process because you are sure they are going to figure it out? >> it takes creativity but we think it's lacking in the mainstream media. others refuse to go into these groups. in acorn it ties the president of the united states, obama was an attorney for acorn. >> john: and they got $30 million a year? >> and they were allocated personally billions more in a stimulus page. a friend of mine sent me a facebook message. hannah, 20 years old, we had to spend our own money to fly around the country and drive around and go into these offices i believe that the media wouldn't touch it. so we did the job. >> john: another group. i was confused about this, investigated planned parenthood but that is also a group supported by the left that gets government money. in these cases, acorn, npr, the planned parenthood sting, it was sort of a private space, a place for the people have a than expectation of privacy. given how much your enemies hate you, i am surprised that you haven't taken grief fr
we gathered all these truths about npr and the head of npr resigned after it. >> john: let's talk about the process because you are sure they are going to figure it out? >> it takes creativity but we think it's lacking in the mainstream media. others refuse to go into these groups. in acorn it ties the president of the united states, obama was an attorney for acorn. >> john: and they got $30 million a year? >> and they were allocated personally billions more in a...
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a sting, a ruse, a trick played on a top npr executive. ron schiller was lured to cafe milano by two men posing as prospective donors to npr for a front group of the fu fundamentalist brotherhood. they were trying to get schiller to reveal the entrenched liberal bias. he fell for it hard. >> the current republican party, particularly the tea party is fanatically involved in people's personal lives and very fundamental chris yann. >> reporter: he went on a blatantly, brutally stereo type conservative conservatives. >> they believe in sort of white, middle american, gun-toting, i mean, it's scary. they're sca they're racist people. >> it's not just a matter of polite disagreement. it's we hate you. we think you're stupid. we don't think you're christians. >> reporter: a lot of people feel disdain or contempt from npr. >> conservatives feel a hostility. it's not just what is present. it's what is absent. like you'r side is not getting represented. >> reporter: ron schiller got fired. his boss, vivian schiller, no relation, got fired, too. it'
a sting, a ruse, a trick played on a top npr executive. ron schiller was lured to cafe milano by two men posing as prospective donors to npr for a front group of the fu fundamentalist brotherhood. they were trying to get schiller to reveal the entrenched liberal bias. he fell for it hard. >> the current republican party, particularly the tea party is fanatically involved in people's personal lives and very fundamental chris yann. >> reporter: he went on a blatantly, brutally stereo...
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now you are at npr. there is a question about that broad background as opposed to the ready of background. first of all, can you talk about your memories of listening to radio growing up, and other than listening to npr what do you listen to now? >> i grew up in the 1960's and early 1970's in new york. i mostly listened to am pop music. i came late to npr, because for most of the 1980's, i was living abroad. i can tell you the first time that i really listened and honed in on it. i first target dating my husband, who is here somewhere -- there he is. i just previously move back into the country, and he had npr on, and i was hooked on npr and on him. those two things are linked. >> we hope it stays around if only to keep your marriage -- here is a question. this is news to me, but npr engineers are complain that they're being made obsolete and the strength of the networks and is not what was traditionally. that is not the only question that we got along those lines, but there's a feeling in some quarters
now you are at npr. there is a question about that broad background as opposed to the ready of background. first of all, can you talk about your memories of listening to radio growing up, and other than listening to npr what do you listen to now? >> i grew up in the 1960's and early 1970's in new york. i mostly listened to am pop music. i came late to npr, because for most of the 1980's, i was living abroad. i can tell you the first time that i really listened and honed in on it. i first...
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this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side said they would call for intervention, making it clear that they have at least three votes on that panel. host: speaker john boehner says he will move forward. guest: perhaps the democrats will make angry statement, but i do not think it will be much of a process. guest: once this gets underway, there are at least nine cases that we have been made aware of in the justice department -- a role in this. it could mean that the house spent a great deal of taxpayer dollars defending this issue. [unintelligible] they coul
this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side...
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it is now just npr. the media outlets delivers news to some need digital devices, the board radio does not fit any more. as the personal side, i worked for public radio stations early in my career. i remember fondly the satellite radio network distribution was news and npr was on the cutting edge even back then. what of my goals this year is to use this forum to engage in a more robust discussion about journalism. i think it is something both the public and our members are eager for us to do. i am grateful that our guest speaker has agreed to grace our podium once again today. please give a warm welcome to vivian schiller. [applause] i want to begin by reading an e- mail from and npr reporter. we basically pushed away end. we walked across the border and were incredibly lucky to find people to drive us and guide us. yes, we had an unfortunate incident at an army base for people were nervous about being photographed. we were surrounded and the photographer had his camera smashed. but that has proven to be
it is now just npr. the media outlets delivers news to some need digital devices, the board radio does not fit any more. as the personal side, i worked for public radio stations early in my career. i remember fondly the satellite radio network distribution was news and npr was on the cutting edge even back then. what of my goals this year is to use this forum to engage in a more robust discussion about journalism. i think it is something both the public and our members are eager for us to do. i...
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we gathered all these truths about npr and the head of npr resigned after it. >> john: let's talk about the process because you are sure they are going to figure it out? >> it takes creativity but we think it's lacking in the mainstream media. others refuse to go into these groups. in acorn it ties the president of the united states, obama was an attorney for acorn. >> john: and they got $30 million a year? >> and they were allocated personally billions more in a stimulus page. a friend of mine sent me a facebook message. hannah, 20 years old, we had to spend our own money to fly around the country and drive around and go into these offices i believe that the media wouldn't touch it. so we did the job. >> john: another group. i was confused about this, investigated planned parenthood but that is also a group supported by the left that gets government money. in these cases, acorn, npr, the planned parenthood sting, it was sort of a private space, a place for the people have a than expectation of privacy. given how much your enemies hate you, i am surprised that you haven't taken grief fr
we gathered all these truths about npr and the head of npr resigned after it. >> john: let's talk about the process because you are sure they are going to figure it out? >> it takes creativity but we think it's lacking in the mainstream media. others refuse to go into these groups. in acorn it ties the president of the united states, obama was an attorney for acorn. >> john: and they got $30 million a year? >> and they were allocated personally billions more in a...
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i want npr to thrive, but not on my time. >> i think npr ought to take that initiative and say, we do not want a subsidy. >> it would kill a lot of the stations. >> we have a market in the country. >> let's go back to what we saw on tv. it was disgusting because he was pandering to get some books. he would say anything to get $5 million. >> there are 9 herndon 34 public radio stations. a lot of them are in very remote areas and they are the only source of the type of information we are talking about, factual, worldwide reporting. they do not have a lot of deep pocketed patrons, like the upper west side of manhattan. >> i am deeply moved. i would make to the legal point. i do not know why a steelworker in pittsburgh has to subsidize. two, in a world of a thousand radio and tv stations, internet, satellite, if you miss out on a show, there are other ways to get it. it is not as if we are a country years ago. we are now flooded with bad information. of course, npr is good information, which is why i should subsidize it, right? >> the reason, charles, at that in an era when newspapers are
i want npr to thrive, but not on my time. >> i think npr ought to take that initiative and say, we do not want a subsidy. >> it would kill a lot of the stations. >> we have a market in the country. >> let's go back to what we saw on tv. it was disgusting because he was pandering to get some books. he would say anything to get $5 million. >> there are 9 herndon 34 public radio stations. a lot of them are in very remote areas and they are the only source of the type...
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i want npr to thrive, but not on my time. >> i think npr ought to take that initiative and say, we do not want a subsidy. >> it would kill a lot of the stations. >> we have a market in the country. >> let's go back to what we saw on tv. it was disgusting because he was pandering to get some books. he would say anything to get $5 million. >> there are 9 herndon 34 public radio stations. a lot of them are in very remote areas and they are the only source of the type of information we are talking about, factual, worldwide reporting. they do not have a lot of deep pocketed patrons, like the upper west side of manhattan. >> i am deeply moved. i would make to the legal point. i do not know why a steelworker in pittsburgh has to subsidize. two, in a world of a thousand radio and tv stations, internet, satellite, if you miss out on a show, there are other ways to get it. it is not as if we are a country years ago. we are now flooded with bad information. of course, npr is good information, which is why i should subsidize it, right? >> the reason, charles, at that in an era when newspapers are
i want npr to thrive, but not on my time. >> i think npr ought to take that initiative and say, we do not want a subsidy. >> it would kill a lot of the stations. >> we have a market in the country. >> let's go back to what we saw on tv. it was disgusting because he was pandering to get some books. he would say anything to get $5 million. >> there are 9 herndon 34 public radio stations. a lot of them are in very remote areas and they are the only source of the type...
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i'd worked at fox before i came to npr. and, you know, jon... >> jon: you thought you had proved to them at some level that you were not a bigot. >> i didn't think i needed to prove it. i've written... i wrote "eyes on the prize." i've win the well-received biography of justice marshall, the first african american on the court. i didn't think i needed to prove to anybody who i am. but i was stunned that they would... i said did you guys look at the entirety of the transcript? do you understand what's going on here? that i'm, in fact, challenging bill o'reilly. that i'm trying to say we need to affirm the idea that america's a place of religious tolerance even as america deals with what is the real anxiety over the link between arab extremism and terrorism. we have to acknowledge it. and to just say oh, it doesn't exist, can't say that, only allows those feelings to fester and then you have eruptions and people do wild and crazy things, awful things. did you hear this? no, nothing you can say, we don't want you to come in, w
i'd worked at fox before i came to npr. and, you know, jon... >> jon: you thought you had proved to them at some level that you were not a bigot. >> i didn't think i needed to prove it. i've written... i wrote "eyes on the prize." i've win the well-received biography of justice marshall, the first african american on the court. i didn't think i needed to prove to anybody who i am. but i was stunned that they would... i said did you guys look at the entirety of the...
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reporting for npr. especially when i was on fox opinion shows. i said, i will do whatever you want. i am a big fan of npr. i value them. they have a massive audience. the audience was mostly hugely supportive of me. i would ask me to come out and visit and attract audiences and to make people contribute. i wanted to be there. she made it very difficult. she pushed me off the staff and made the relationship based on a contract. immediately, she began cutting my salary and a diminishing my role. >> we have not seen her in this process. she is not. on any program. she lost her job after she had fired you. >> that is right. i do not know the details. npr hired an outside law firm to look into this and see what had taken place. she said it was illegal. apparently, there was some back and forth about who is authorized to do what. this letter to leave. >> she is welcome any time. we found this video from may 18, 2010. it was a talk she gave to a canadian journalist. >> [inaudible] the npr audience1/3 is libera
reporting for npr. especially when i was on fox opinion shows. i said, i will do whatever you want. i am a big fan of npr. i value them. they have a massive audience. the audience was mostly hugely supportive of me. i would ask me to come out and visit and attract audiences and to make people contribute. i wanted to be there. she made it very difficult. she pushed me off the staff and made the relationship based on a contract. immediately, she began cutting my salary and a diminishing my role....
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is npr afraid of upsetting the government? [laughter] >> one of our jobs should be to upset the government every day. >> okay. >> i mean, that -- >> because you look at the british -- >> to empower the powerless, you know? >> yeah. >> i mean, that's one of the bask jobs of journalism, to give voice to the voiceless and to make trouble. >> because the british do a good job. they're not afraid of criticizing government, of getting, you know, some point of view out that counters and maybe changes the government's understanding and their policy. i think we need a strong position -- >> well, you get that on editorial pages. >> yes. >> you get it from commentaries on our air, but you wouldn't get it from are the basic news organization. you shouldn't. our job is to give you the information as to what's happened today in the most factual, clear, objective -- if you can -- but at least fair manner possible. >> one more. sorry, guys. i'd seen somebody -- who was the person that was in the corner before? okay, over there. okay, thanks.
is npr afraid of upsetting the government? [laughter] >> one of our jobs should be to upset the government every day. >> okay. >> i mean, that -- >> because you look at the british -- >> to empower the powerless, you know? >> yeah. >> i mean, that's one of the bask jobs of journalism, to give voice to the voiceless and to make trouble. >> because the british do a good job. they're not afraid of criticizing government, of getting, you know, some...
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to mix it up, shall we start with this npr debate? am i wrong, jimmy in you don't want to fund npr? that's a real debate. but don't call it part of the budget debate. >> it's part of the gotcha debate. you know where most people listen to npr? it ain't in des moines. should the government be funding npr or any kind of radio? no, it shouldn't. i'm a democrat, and i don't think they should be dough it, but james o'keefe is a convicted felon, a criminal. why that kid's not in jail is beyond me. if he were doing it to conservative groups as well, i should say he should till be in jail. he's a crook, a common petty thief, low class and common, and his behavior is crass. he doesn't even have the balls, frankly, to do this publicly. as far as i'm concerned, defund npr, and put that -- take that $2.4 million, and put that guy in jail. that would make me happy. >> now you sound like every grumpy old man at the dinner table in america with their own plan. >> good. >> we like you in that role. >> matt, let's talk about the microdebate, npr, $2 million, or $60 billion cuts. we've got -- we have
to mix it up, shall we start with this npr debate? am i wrong, jimmy in you don't want to fund npr? that's a real debate. but don't call it part of the budget debate. >> it's part of the gotcha debate. you know where most people listen to npr? it ain't in des moines. should the government be funding npr or any kind of radio? no, it shouldn't. i'm a democrat, and i don't think they should be dough it, but james o'keefe is a convicted felon, a criminal. why that kid's not in jail is beyond...
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[applause] >> you say you are still an npr fan but you also advocate the funding of npr. let's talk about that. where npr goes from here. >> for me there are two things to say. one is local and the our stations are journalistic jams that we have to protect because they play such an important role. [applause] i used to raise money for that with all my heart. in an era where we have declining local coverage from newspapers and npr stations and talk-show hosts they reflect the community in a way that is rare right now in the media landscape. if you are talking about npr washington, people who i think our self righteous and even limited in their thinking, what is going on here? these people are 1-sided and believe they are the only people who are practicing honest journalism in america. there are going to look down at anybody who is doing anything differently. i find that crazy. the bigger point about defunding is this which i say to you as a fellow journalist. in january of this year or january or february there was a letter from the head of the democratic congressional camp
[applause] >> you say you are still an npr fan but you also advocate the funding of npr. let's talk about that. where npr goes from here. >> for me there are two things to say. one is local and the our stations are journalistic jams that we have to protect because they play such an important role. [applause] i used to raise money for that with all my heart. in an era where we have declining local coverage from newspapers and npr stations and talk-show hosts they reflect the...
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it was ok with npr. it was ok with the "washington post." >> when was the first moment that you crossed words? >> she was the executive producer of the afternoon news show. "all things considered." i never worked for them. occasionally, pieces would be taken from the work i was doing. i never had much professional interaction. i never had lunch with her. when she became the top news executive in the middle of some changes, and she picked up this baton of criticism of why are you working for fox. previous generations have been through this issue. there were some people who said why is the leading personality for npr also working for fox? everyone had come to the conclusion, there's no problem with it. they might come to npr as a result of seeing me engaged with some of the strong personalities on fox. subsequently, there is argument about why do you write for the "new york times?" i said i was a writer. that is how i came into this business. she said, "we want to approve what you write." i said, "i am not
it was ok with npr. it was ok with the "washington post." >> when was the first moment that you crossed words? >> she was the executive producer of the afternoon news show. "all things considered." i never worked for them. occasionally, pieces would be taken from the work i was doing. i never had much professional interaction. i never had lunch with her. when she became the top news executive in the middle of some changes, and she picked up this baton of...
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republicans slashed funding for npr and pbs two weeks ago. others spent the week trotting out big bird and bert to talk about the funding. well, then the latest disaster -- not only did this fundraiser refer to the tea party as racist with, he said npr didn't even need public funding. david, make your case. you are one of the stars of really a great show, the "newshour" which so many people rely on for news. >> and i'm on npr every week too. we have a common culture and government has some role in creating those things that join us. we have the smithsonian museums that do some of that. public broadcasting, they give us things to clue us all in to our history and it's worth the very small amount, and you should see my paychecks, to have what we pay them. chris: $200,000 to a small station in missouri. you would think in boston they wouldn't need a subsdi. is there enough revenue to keep the money flowing? >> well, because of the big bird factor. chris: senators like this? >> well, richard shelby is not among them. the argument of the republica
republicans slashed funding for npr and pbs two weeks ago. others spent the week trotting out big bird and bert to talk about the funding. well, then the latest disaster -- not only did this fundraiser refer to the tea party as racist with, he said npr didn't even need public funding. david, make your case. you are one of the stars of really a great show, the "newshour" which so many people rely on for news. >> and i'm on npr every week too. we have a common culture and...
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ron shiller has also resigned from npr. he thought he was at a meeting with members of muslim organization, when, in fact, they were conservative activists working with james o'keeffe, the undercover operative on a sting operation. take a look at what he said. >> it feels to me as though there is a real intellectual move on the part of a significant part of the republican party. it's not republicans. the current republican party, particularly the tea party, is fa gnatcally involved in people's -- fanatically involved in people's personal lives and very fundamental christians. basically, they believe in sort of white, middle america, gun-toting. it's scary. >> judge napolitano: fanatical christians who are a bit scary. how does the tea party feel about the comments? jenny beth martin, national coordinator of tea party patriots. welcome to the "glenn beck program." were you surprised at all to hear this character from npr characterize people who bereave in maximum individual liberty, small government and fidelity to the const
ron shiller has also resigned from npr. he thought he was at a meeting with members of muslim organization, when, in fact, they were conservative activists working with james o'keeffe, the undercover operative on a sting operation. take a look at what he said. >> it feels to me as though there is a real intellectual move on the part of a significant part of the republican party. it's not republicans. the current republican party, particularly the tea party, is fa gnatcally involved in...
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npr wasn't pleased. they got rid of both individuals so they'll never have to here criticism like this again. >> why don't we have tax payer dollars funding fox news? >> why should we pay one tax payer dollar for npr? >> jon: why not fund sean hannity's show because his show and npr are really the same thing. just from different sides. there's just one problem with that comparison, they're nothing like the same thing. here's conservative talk radio. >> the socialist in the white house, he's destroyed our nation's finances and he has now smothered the private sector. we need an effective strategy to defeat obama and the american left before they rob all of us of everything that our ancestors, our brave men and women in the military have fought and bled and died to preserve. >> we need to defeat these bastards. we need to wipe them out. we need to chase them out of town. >> jon: the monster is loose in the village. grab your pitch fork and your torches and we shall attack! so if npr is talk radio's equal a
npr wasn't pleased. they got rid of both individuals so they'll never have to here criticism like this again. >> why don't we have tax payer dollars funding fox news? >> why should we pay one tax payer dollar for npr? >> jon: why not fund sean hannity's show because his show and npr are really the same thing. just from different sides. there's just one problem with that comparison, they're nothing like the same thing. here's conservative talk radio. >> the socialist in...
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what npr stands for and even supporters of npr like professor john dolittle, said the video opens npr up to more political attacks. >> and that is vulnerable, i think. you're right. unfortunately, npr is the national treasure. >> reporter: the man behind the video was the conservative james o'keefe who famously staged another against the activist group acorn and o'keefe is bagged another big fish in the form of npr. npr officials pointed out that at no time did their executive accept the $5 million offer and that is little to ease the concerns out of capitol hill. >> a little ironic since firing juan williams for saying he was uncomfortable with muslims on airplanes. >> and that is how this got started. james o'keefe said the reason that he instigated this investigation was the fact that npr dismissed juan williams because he said during a broadcast he was uncomfortable getting on the airplanes with muslims and o'keefe wanted to test just how far npr would go in dealing with people in the muslim community and we spoke to democrats who were going to bat for public broadcasting and npr
what npr stands for and even supporters of npr like professor john dolittle, said the video opens npr up to more political attacks. >> and that is vulnerable, i think. you're right. unfortunately, npr is the national treasure. >> reporter: the man behind the video was the conservative james o'keefe who famously staged another against the activist group acorn and o'keefe is bagged another big fish in the form of npr. npr officials pointed out that at no time did their executive...
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you mentioned this is your 25th anniversary at npr. npr has been under a vicious attack over the last few months. it is worth noting that npr is the only network of all the networks that has picked up listeners over these last few years in this country and around the world. what is it about the reported that npr is doing that has people tuning in to hear what you are doing? >> i think that people want to hear things in depth. first of all, they want to know what is going on in the world, not just the u.s. national public radio has made a huge commitment to expanding its foreign news coverage. that is answering a call to the listeners that they are telegraphing to us. they want to hear about the world and an intimate way. radio is an extremely intimate medium. it allows people to take in harrowing stories, touching stories, stories that are life of forming -- that are life affirming, which is what i try to do. to make people feel that yes, there are divergence is that you have to understand, but there are many of virtues but the way we
you mentioned this is your 25th anniversary at npr. npr has been under a vicious attack over the last few months. it is worth noting that npr is the only network of all the networks that has picked up listeners over these last few years in this country and around the world. what is it about the reported that npr is doing that has people tuning in to hear what you are doing? >> i think that people want to hear things in depth. first of all, they want to know what is going on in the world,...
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. >> president obama still supports giving npr your tax dollar money. >> on the npr scandal, is the left wing media playing that down? >> liberals are intolerant. >> we've linked npr to soros, we know what they're doing over there. >> the corruption is so widespread it's succeeded in permeating every area of the mainstream media. >> these crackpots at npr. >> the totalitarian tactics of the left. >> is npr an agent somehow of a jihadist inquisition. (laughter and applause) >> jon: is npr an agent somehow of a jihadist inquisition? i'm going say yes because why else would you bring it up? (laughter) see, that is a reasonably proportioned response. this is overreaction to the murdoch case which what is at most an epic bribery and influence peddling scandal consuming britain's political law enforcement and journalistic establishment is really a waste of everyone's time. (laughter) you know, i know what the problem, is you're jealous. as a newscorp property, you're not upset that your standards have been corrupted by your scandal boner ethic. you're upset they get to have the fun while you g
. >> president obama still supports giving npr your tax dollar money. >> on the npr scandal, is the left wing media playing that down? >> liberals are intolerant. >> we've linked npr to soros, we know what they're doing over there. >> the corruption is so widespread it's succeeded in permeating every area of the mainstream media. >> these crackpots at npr. >> the totalitarian tactics of the left. >> is npr an agent somehow of a jihadist...
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head of fundraising at npr, caught on tape by a group of fake muslim donors. members of congress are ready to take them up on the offer, cutting off funding. he had some unpleasant things to say about the republican party, tea party. after the story broke, the president and ceo resigned. i offered nina the chance to take a week off. she resigned -- she declined. she wanted to defend her company. >> i cannotend the top executives and i cannot defend the board, but i can defend the the product. there is a reason we are the only news organization, other than fox, with a growing audience. it is because our product. straight-shooting, factual, and spends an enormous amount of money gathering news from around the country and world. judge us by our product. the people in his room were probably more mortified than charles or anyone in the tea party, anybody else. we were horrified. and not by the political incorrectness of what was said, but by the fact that he even thought this way. >> it plays right into the belief that you are a bunch of leftists. >> i know, but it
head of fundraising at npr, caught on tape by a group of fake muslim donors. members of congress are ready to take them up on the offer, cutting off funding. he had some unpleasant things to say about the republican party, tea party. after the story broke, the president and ceo resigned. i offered nina the chance to take a week off. she resigned -- she declined. she wanted to defend her company. >> i cannotend the top executives and i cannot defend the board, but i can defend the the...
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a lot going on including for npr juan williams unloading on npr after the last couple of days. >>> plus blago gets creative. ite not good for the economy, he says. so we'll see. >>> first let's get to the news live here at 5:00 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. democrats in wisconsin are outraged right now after the republican counter parts vote last night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers. it's how they did it that has people so outraged. republicans managed to push the plan through after discovering a way to bypass the chambers' missing democrats. essentially they separated the bargaining provision from governor scott walker's governor bill removing the requirement that 20 senators be present for a vote. if it involves something on spending money, the democrats have to be there. they took it out of the bill so they just voted with republicans. the majority leader read the bill to a hastily created joint conference committee. as that was all unfolding, peter barca, the lone democrat on the panel tried to fight the surprise move arguing there wasn't en
a lot going on including for npr juan williams unloading on npr after the last couple of days. >>> plus blago gets creative. ite not good for the economy, he says. so we'll see. >>> first let's get to the news live here at 5:00 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. democrats in wisconsin are outraged right now after the republican counter parts vote last night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers. it's how they did it that has people so outraged....
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many republicans believe npr leans left while democrats say npr is a quote voice of reason. critics say the bill will prevent smaller public stations especially in rural areas to have funds to buy popular shows. the bill is unlikely to pass the in the senate. president obama says he will not sign the bill snoot mayor of baltimore did not break any ethics laws, that's the assessment of baltimore's top lawyer. he says mayor stephanie rollings blake did not violate the city's ethics code when she signed checks for johns hopkins university. the city's ethics law prohibits voting on contracts if they have a financial interest. >>> we have plenty coming up on fox 5. a big event in the auto industry this weekend in our area. up next the world's first pass produced all electric car and you can take it for a test drive too. we're going to take you behind the wheel coming up. >>> we're starting the weekend off on a wonderful note. wait until you see how high our temperatures will rise. we have the details coming up. stay with us. we'll be back after the break. >>> a nasa spacecraft
many republicans believe npr leans left while democrats say npr is a quote voice of reason. critics say the bill will prevent smaller public stations especially in rural areas to have funds to buy popular shows. the bill is unlikely to pass the in the senate. president obama says he will not sign the bill snoot mayor of baltimore did not break any ethics laws, that's the assessment of baltimore's top lawyer. he says mayor stephanie rollings blake did not violate the city's ethics code when she...
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>> i listen to npr in the morning. i read "the new york times" and "the economist" other than that, i ventured out in terms of what my interests are. >> tell us some of those interests, without embarrassing yourself. >> i will try to do that. >> of course, we would not mind if you did. >> i tend to write on political risk insulting. i do a lot of reading with "the economist" and things of that nature. i have written my thesis on counter-terrorism, so i tend to do some reading in that area as well. other than that, areas that i am interested in reading in -- >> are you on twitter, facebook? >> i am not. i am on facebook. >> i am on facebook but i do not know how to do anything, so i am not helping the cause. >> my reading has a lot to do with places where i know there is an ombudsman, where facts are checked. it is hard for me to read blogs because they often just comment on news. when they stray from just commenting but they read in newspapers or in magazines, have seen on television, then i really wonder if that infor
>> i listen to npr in the morning. i read "the new york times" and "the economist" other than that, i ventured out in terms of what my interests are. >> tell us some of those interests, without embarrassing yourself. >> i will try to do that. >> of course, we would not mind if you did. >> i tend to write on political risk insulting. i do a lot of reading with "the economist" and things of that nature. i have written my thesis on...